ship wreck

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shipwreck
To wreck a boat through a collision or mishap
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{n} the loss of a ship, destruction, ruin
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{v} to suffer shipwreck, destroy, ruin
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suffer failure, as in some enterprise
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A shipwreck is a ship which has been destroyed in an accident at sea. = wreck
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a wrecked ship (or a part of one) an accident that destroys a ship at sea an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance" destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked" cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea" suffer failure, as in some enterprise ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career
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Hence, to cause to suffer some disaster or loss; to destroy or ruin, as if by shipwreck; to wreck; as, to shipwreck a business
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If someone is shipwrecked, their ship is destroyed in an accident at sea but they survive and manage to reach land. He was shipwrecked after visiting the island. be shipwrecked if someone is shipwrecked, they are in a boat or ship when it is destroyed in an accident
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shipwreck
An event where a ship sinks or runs aground
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To cause to experience shipwreck, as sailors or passengers
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{f} destroy or sink a ship; be sunk, be destroyed (of a ship); shatter, destroy, ruin
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an accident that destroys a ship at sea
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A boat that has sunk or run aground so that it is no longer seaworthy
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Destruction; ruin; irretrievable loss
shipwreck
a wrecked ship (or a part of one) an accident that destroys a ship at sea an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
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A ship wrecked or destroyed upon the water, or the parts of such a ship; wreckage
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ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"
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If there is a shipwreck, a ship is destroyed in an accident at sea. He was drowned in a shipwreck off the coast of Spain
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cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"
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by the violence of the winds and waves
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suffer failure, as in some enterprise ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career
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The breaking in pieces, or shattering, of a ship or other vessel by being cast ashore or driven against rocks, shoals, etc
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an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"
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a wrecked ship (or a part of one)
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{i} remains of a destroyed ship; destruction or sinking of a ship; destruction, ruin
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destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"
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To destroy, as a ship at sea, by running ashore or on rocks or sandbanks, or by the force of wind and waves in a tempest
ship wreck
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